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Older movies sometimes featured child street-sellers shouting 'Extra' for breaking news editions of Newspapers. How prevalent were Extra editions, especially over updated rolling editions of morning/evening Papers and how/ when did they disapear in major cities or countries?
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What were the economic consequences - or aftermath - of the 1918 Pandemic. Are there lessons that resonate today?
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Noting modern indices around happiness, democracy tend to favour smaller nations, does history help understand if there is an optimal size for a country or 'political unit'?
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Before the discovery of dinosaurs, were there other touchpoints obsessed by generations of younger children (across regions)?
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Was the Confederacy historically inherently anti-semitic, and how does 'map' with those channel that history? Sidebar question is why such followers are now sometimes pro-Israel, others vehemently anti-jewish?
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[UK, maybe US]: It's generally seen that old (ancestral) money is less showy - Barbour, hunting, fishing, whilst new money is 'gauche' and showy. But UK Country Houses can be overwhelmingly showy statements of wealth. What's the story behind the change of perceptions (and maybe attitudes)?
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